David Schwimmer
Chief Executive Officer
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London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE: LSEG) Q2 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-07-30. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.
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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:05.315 Good morning, everyone, and welcome to LSEG's H1 results presentation. 00:00:05.315 -- 00:00:09.838 Thank you for joining us. As usual, I'm joined by Matt, our CFO, and Peregrine Riviere, 00:00:09.838 -- 00:00:11.679 our head of IR. 00:00:11.679 -- 00:00:15.221 I'll give you a few highlights of the first six months and then hand over to Matt to 00:00:15.221 -- 00:00:19.324 talk through the numbers in detail. After that, I'm going to spend some time talking 00:00:19.324 -- 00:00:24.648 specifically about our progress in DNA and our deep engagement with customers 00:00:24.648 -- 00:00:31.031 as they adapt to an AI world. And then, of course, we will be happy to take your questions. 00:00:31.285 -- 00:00:34.246 Thank you for joining us. 00:00:50.490 -- 00:00:56.172 The top line and margin improvement delivered 17% earnings per share growth, 00:00:56.172 -- 00:01:00.933 an exceptional growth of 37% in free cash flow per share. 00:01:00.933 -- 00:01:06.915 We made record returns to shareholders, around £2.6 billion across dividends and buybacks, 00:01:06.915 -- 00:01:12.796 and are back in the market as of today with our next buyback trawl. 00:01:12.796 -- 00:01:16.418 Thank you so much for joining us. 00:01:31.075 -- 00:01:36.098 This engagement demonstrates our deep institutional partnerships, the trust in 00:01:36.098 -- 00:01:39.660 our data and our engineering expertise. 00:01:39.660 -- 00:01:43.482 Demand for financial data and analytics is as strong as ever. 00:01:43.482 -- 00:01:48.765 In fact, segment spend has more than doubled in the last 17 years, while industry headcount 00:01:48.765 -- 00:01:53.767 has fallen by a quarter. The value of data has decoupled from the number 00:01:53.767 -- 00:01:56.568 of people using it. 00:0...